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TCP/IP relies on your ISP routing you. They can disown you, taking you offline. Email is fairly dependent on DNS which is fairly dependent on a domain. Your TL
by georgyo 5y ago
TCP/IP relies on your ISP routing you. They can disown you, taking you offline.
Email is fairly dependent on DNS which is fairly dependent on a domain. Your TLD can deregister your domain, and domain hijacking is still a thing. Similarly, most people do not have an appetite to self host email and are subject to the whims of their provider.
BitTorrent is a decent example, DHT are fairly robust but also not easily searched. The discovery method of BitTorrent is frequently subject to DMCA takedowns. These takedowns have taken down legitimate torrents as well.
TLS and RSS are not platforms, and fall victim to the same thing as email.
The internet is built on many levels of trust, but just because we trust in it doesn't mean it isn't possible to deplatform at very low levels.
- hermitdev 5y agoNot to mention self hosting your email will likely mean facing an uphill battle against spam filters blocking you. And seriously, fighting that alone could become a full time job unless you don't care to email.
- AnthonyMouse 5y ago> TCP/IP relies on your ISP routing you. They can disown you, taking you offline. They can cancel your service, obviously, but that prevents you from using Verizon, not from using TCP/IP. You go sign up for AT&T or Comcast or Starlink and you can still communicate with anyone on the internet. > Email is fairly dependent on DNS which is fairly dependent on a domain. Which is why I didn't list DNS. But dependencies are something else. In theory anyone can deny you access to anything by putting you in prison, but by then you're really arguing that preventing this is impossible because a military could wrongfully kill you, rather than talking about whether some specific thing is the thing causing it.